The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu |
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Staring:
Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce, Frank Graham, Robert C. Bruce, Michael Maltese
Director:
Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett
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Product Description
COMPLETE UNCENSORED PRIVATE SNAFU - DVD Movie
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The 28 cartoons in this collection were made by the Warner Bros. artists for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine during World War II, and were rarely--if ever--seen by the general public. The title character's name is an acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up" (substitute another "F-word" if you must), and most of his adventures are mildly didactic: Snafu ignores an Army regulation and/or common sense, and pays the price. In "Snafu vs. Malaria Mike" and "It's Murder She Says..." (1945), he goes without insect repellent in the tropics and ignores insect netting--and catches malaria. The stories were written by Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, and the meters and rhymes echo his children's books. In "Gripes" (1943), Snafu begins, "If I ran this army...." The shots of Snafu's bare posterior and the occasional "damn" or "hell" were considered risqué during the '40s, but the depictions of buck-toothed Japanese soldiers are more likely to raise eyebrows today. Although obviously made quickly and cheaply--Snafu's appearance varies from film to film and Mel Blanc essentially reused Bugs Bunny's voice for the character--many of these cartoons are still funny. Unfortunately, Bosko Video disfigures these historically significant films by periodically inserting its logo into the frame. What were they thinking? --Charles Solomon
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9786305339854
Format: Animated, Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 6305339856
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-12-05
Running Time: 130
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1943-11 |
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